White frost powdered the rooftops of the village of Malmesbury in Wiltshire

Mark Wilson, a forecaster at the Met Office, said: “Next week is looking like quite a cloudy week. There will be some rain at times but it doesn’t look like that it will be overly heavy.

“It looks like it will be quite patchy too, with spells particularly affecting the north-west, and largely dry conditions further south and in the south-east.”

Stunning pictures were taken this morning of Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland where the sunrise scattered an array of pinks and purples across the sea to the shore.

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Corfe Castle in Dorset was shrouded in clouds as its towers rose through the mist at daybreak while frost powdered the rooftops of the village of Malmesbury, Wiltshire, as the sun rose in the distance.

A surfer braved chilly morning temperatures to take to the waves at orange-lit Marazion, Cornwall, this morning while cows woke up to the sun raining down on them in Odstock village, near Salisbury.

Temperatures across the UK at the moment range roughly from 9C to 12C with the average for this time of year being closer to 6C in the north and 9C in the south. Mark said that would continue: “It will also be generally mild throughout the week with temperatures remaining above average in both the day and night.

Cows wake up to the sun raining down on them in Odstock village, near Salisbury

“There is some suggestion that the weather will settle down for Christmas with some drier spells and if that happens the weather will probably turn colder with temperatures coming down closer to average.

“However, there is a lot of uncertainty so it could kind of go either way at this point.”

Ladbrokes have cut their odds from 16/1 to 8/1 on this year seeing the warmest festive season on record as temperatures in Teignmouth, Devon, soared to 16C earlier this week – hotter then Tenerife.

Jessica Bridge, from the betting outfit, said: “The odds of a warm Christmas are falling as quick as the balmy temperatures are rising.

“If the mercury continues to soar punters could well be barbecuing their turkey and sprouts this year.”

American space agency NASA has also said that they are expecting global temperatures for 2016 to be the hottest since records began in the 1950s.

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